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Analysis of Selected Sections of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013

The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee is taking up a water project bill that could cost taxpayers billions....

Fiscal Cliff Fix

Congress and the President do not need to plunge taxpayers off a “Fiscal Cliff”. Common sense solutions can make government work and put the country on sound footing to deal with our deficits and debt....

Political Power of the Agribusiness and Crop Insurance Lobbies

The so-called Farm Bill currently being negotiated in Congress is shaping up to be another taxpayer-funded handout to wealthy landowners,...

Haves and Have-Nots in Federal Crop Insurance

Federally subsidized crop insurance has become the largest taxpayer support for agriculture. But not all parts of the agriculture...

Loan Guarantee Program 101

A basic primer on the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program and answers general questions on the history, administration, and overall effect of the program....

Farm Bill 101

The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that guides food and farm policy. It covers wide-ranging topics from rural broadband service to farm subsidy payments....

Green Scissors Campaign 101

A basic primer on the Green Scissors campaign and answers general questions about the history and goals of the coalition....

Sliding Past Sequestration: $2 Trillion in Common Sense Cuts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff

In the summer of 2011, Congress sent the President a bill that acknowledged failure. Instead of swallowing hard and coming up with...

Green Scissors Report 2012

Green Scissors 2012 is produced by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and R Street to highlight and end wasteful and environmentally harmful federal spending. This diverse coalition of environmental, taxpayer and free-market groups has come together to show how the government can save billions of tax dollars and improve our environment. ...

Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Data

The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) is a compendium of more than two thousand tariff waivers which reduce the fees importers pay for a...

Defense Assets Data

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is the largest federal agency in the United States, consuming more than half of discretionary...

Green Scissors 2011

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined environmental, consumer watchdog, and free-market groups today to release Green Scissors 2011, which...

Debt and Debt Ceiling Q&A

If the President and Congress cannot reach agreement by August 2nd to raise the debt ceiling and pay our national obligations, the...

Spending Less, Spending Smarter: Recommendations for National Security Savings FY 2012 to FY 2021

Watchdog Groups Identify Nearly $600 Billion in National Security Spending Cuts WASHINGTON, D.C.—The federal government could save...

Repair Priorities: Transportation Spending Strategies to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Roads

June 1, 2011 Taxpayers for Common Sense and Smart Growth America released a report highlighting smarter investments in road repair and...

The President’s FY2012 Proposed Cuts to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

In keeping with President Obama’s call to end fossil fuel subsidies, the latest budget proposal includes several significant cuts to oil,...

HR 1363 FY11 Defense/CR Only Cuts $4.4B

Not that it’s anything to sneeze at, but HR1363 the “Department of Defense and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011” that the...

Common Sense Cuts—$900 billion in savings over 10 years

The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Tax Expenditures

Tax Expenditures Total Cuts: $624 billion Cuts Include: Mortgage Interest Deduction Cut: $390 billion LIFO Cut: $52.9...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: National Security

NATIONAL SECURITY Total Cuts: $95 billion Total Achieved Savings: $7 billion For too long, the defense budget was considered...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: General

General Total Cuts: $421+ million Cuts Include: Shift Congressional Pensions to Defined Contribution Overseas Private Investment...

TCS Recommended Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Transportation

Transportation Total Cuts: $18.7 billion The nation’s transportation system is broken, as the gasoline tax that each of us pays at the...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Infrastructure

Infrastructure Total Cuts: $6 billion For nearly two centuries, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has been a way for lawmakers to...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Agriculture

Outdated and ineffective farm policies waste billions of federal funds each year, jeopardize fragile lands and waters and no longer...

TCS Recommended Budget Cut List No. 2: Total Cuts $205+ billion

The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...

TCS Budget Cut List for the 112th Congress: Energy

Taxpayers have been subsidizing the same mature, polluting energy technologies for decades. Many projects and outdated programs still...

TCS Recommended Budget Cuts for the 112th Congress

The time has come for Congress to begin a serious discussion about how it is going to correct the current budgetary path into deeper and...

Election Gives Big-Spending Congressional Committees New Look

The Armed Services Committees are not the only Congressional bodies to see their memberships upended by the midterm elections. The...

Common Sense Reforms for the 112th Congress

As the dawn of the 112th Congress draws near, there are several reforms Congress should enact, regardless of which party is in control....

Ethanol Editorials: Newspapers Across the County Agree - End Ethanol Subsidies!

 Newspapers Across the Country Agree: End Ethanol Subsidies! In light of TCS’ release of the Green Scissors 2010 Report on July 22 and...

Good Government Groups and Lobbyists Jointly Release Common Sense Earmark Reforms for the 112th Congress

TCS joined with other nonprofit good government groups and several Washington lobbyists to hammer out some jointly agreed upon earmark...

Green Scissors 2010

Taxpayers for Common Sense joined a number of environmental and consumer groups and a bipartisan slate of Representatives today in...

Bailout Bank Bio: Eagle Bancorp, Inc.

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (Eagle Bancorp) is a bank holding company that provides general commercial and consumer banking services through its...

Bailout Bank Bio: GMAC

Founded in 1919 as the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, GMAC is an important company in both the auto and  home finance...

FY10 Omnibus Disclosed Earmark Numbers

Preliminary disclosed earmark totals for the FY10 Omnibus: Transportation/HUD: 1481 worth $1.207...

Bailout Bank Bio: Security Federal Corporation

Security Federal Corporation operates as the holding company for Security Federal Bank, which provides various banking products and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Southwest Bancorp

Southwest Bancorp, Inc., a financial holding company, provides commercial and consumer banking services in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas....

The Bancorp

The Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company with a wholly owned subsidiary, The Bancorp Bank. The Bancorp Bank is headquartered in...

The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company

The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company is a Connecticut state bank and trust company, founded in 2004. The bank operates its headquarters...

Bailout Bank Bio: LCNB Corp.

LCNB Corp. operates as the holding company for Lebanon Citizens National Bank that provides commercial and personal banking services in...

Bailout Bank Bio: State Bancorp

State Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for State Bank of Long Island that provides general banking products and services,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Southern Community Financial Corporation

Southern Community Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Southern Community Bank and Trust, which provides commercial...

Bailout Bank Bio: State Street Corp

State Street Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of products and services for the institutional investors worldwide. It...

Bailout Bank Bio: Somerset Hills Bancorp

Somerset Hills Bancorp operates as the holding company for Somerset Hills Bank, which provides commercial banking services primarily in...

Bailout Bank Bio: Sterling Bancorp

Sterling Bancorp operates as the holding company for Sterling National Bank that provides banking and financial products and services to...

Bailout Bank Bio: Summit State Bank

Summit State Bank provides various commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in its primary service area of Santa Rosa,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Sun Bancorp

Sun Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Sun National Bank that provides a range of commercial and retail banking...

Bailout Bank Bio: Superior Bancorp

Superior Bancorp operates as a holding company for Superior Bank that offers banking and related services. It offers a range of retail and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Shore Bancshares

Shore Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for The Centreville National Bank of Maryland; The Talbot Bank of Easton, Maryland;...

Bailout Bank Bio: Tennessee Valley Financial Holdings

Tennessee Valley Financial Holdings, Inc. is the holding company for TNBank, a private bank based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The bank five...

Bailout Bank Bio: Texas Capital Bancshares

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Texas Capital Bank, National Association that provides various banking...

Bailout Bank Bio: Security California Bancorp

Security Bank of California offers a range of banking products and services to individuals and businesses primarily in California. Its...

Bailout Bank Bio: Texas National Bank

Texas National Bank was chartered in 1985 and is locally owned and operated. On January 9, 2009, the bank received $3,981,000 in exchange...

Bailout Bank Bio: Santa Lucia Bancorp

Santa Lucia Bancorp is the holding company for Santa Lucia Bank, which is headquartered in Atascadero, California and operates branch...

Bailout Bank Bio: The Private Bank of California

The Private Bank of California offers financial services for high net worth individuals; business owners; legal and financial...

Bailout Bank Bio: The Victory Bank

On February 27, 2009, the Victory Bank received $541,000 in preferred stock with exercised warrants through the Capital Purchase Program....

Bailout Bank Bio: Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania

Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Royal Bancshares) is a bank holding company for Royal Bank America and Royal Asian Bank, which...

Bailout Bank Bio: The Freeport State Bank

The Freeport State Bank received $301,000 from the Capital Purchase Program in exchange for preferred stock with warrants on February 6,...

Bailout Bank Bio: HF Financial Corp

HF Financial Corp operates as the holding company for Home Federal Bank that provides consumer and commercial banking services in the...

Bank Bailout Bio: First ULB Bancshares (United Labor Bank)

First ULB received $4.9 million in preferred stock with exercised warrants on January 23, 2009 under the Capital Purchase Program. The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina

Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. is the holding company for Peoples Bank.  The company is headquartered in Newton, North Carolina,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Parkvale Financial

Parkvale Financial Corporation operates as a holding company for Parkvale Savings Bank that provides various consumer and commercial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Peoples Bancorp (OH)

Peoples Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank, National Association, which provides various financial services and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Pacific Coast National Bancorp

Pacific Coast National Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Pacific Coast National Bank that provides a range of commercial and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Tidelands Bancshares, Inc.

Tidelands Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Tidelands Bank. Its primary market...

Bailout Bank Bio: Pulaski Financial Corp

Pulaski Financial Corp. is a holding company for Pulaski Bank, which serves the greater St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri areas. In...

Bailout Bank Bio: OceanFirst Financial

OceanFirst Financial Corp.,Inc. is a holding company for OceanFirst Bank, based in Toms River, New Jersey.  The company operates 20 branch...

Bailout Bank Bio: The Tifton Banking Company

The Tifton Banking Company is a locally owned and operated bank started in 2004. On April 17, 2009, Tifton Banking Company received...

Bailout Bank Bio: Pinnacle Financial Partners

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. operates as the holding company for Pinnacle National Bank, which provides commercial banking services to...

Bailout Bank Bios: Integra Bank Corporation

Integra Bank Corporation operates as a holding company for Integra Bank N.A. that provides personal and commercial banking, investment and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Titonka Bancshares

On April 3, 2009, Titonka Bancshares received $2,117,000 in exchange for preferred stock with exercised warrants under the Capital Purchase...

Bailout Bank Bio: Todd Bancshares

On February 6, 2009, Todd Bancshares received $4,000,000 in exchange for preferred stock with exercised warrants....

Bailout Bank Bio: Triad Bancorp

Triad Bancorp has one location in Frontenac, Missouri. On March 27, 2009, Triad Bancorp accepted $3,700,000 in exchange for preferred stock...

Bailout Bank Bio: The Little Bank, Inc.

The Little Bank, Inc. serves the Lenoir, Wayne, Onslow, and Pitt county markets. It operates through its main office in Kinston, as well...

Bailout Bank Bio: Trinity Capital Corporation

Trinity Capital Corporation is the sole shareholder of Los Alamos National Bank. On March 27, 2009, Trinity Capital Corporation received...

Bailout Bank Bio: Tri-State Bank of Memphis

On April 3, 2009, Tri-State Bank of Memphis received $2,795,000 from the U.S. Treasury in exchange for preferred stock under the Capital...

Bailout Bank Bio: TriState Capital Holdings

On February 27, 2009, TriState Capital Holdings received $23,000,000 in exchange for preferred stock with exercised warrants under the...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of Kentucky

The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for The Bank of Kentucky, Inc., which provides various...

Bailout Bank Bio: Tri-County Financial Corp

Tri-County Financial Corporation operates as the holding company of Community Bank of Tri-County. The company was founded in 1950 and is...

Bailout Bank Bio: TriStone Community Bank

TriStone Community Bank offers general commercial and retail banking services in Winston-Salem area of North Carolina. The bank was...

Bailout Bank Bio: United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc.

United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. operates as the holding company for United Bank that offers commercial banking services to business...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Bank of Manitowoc

First Manitowoc Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for First National Bank (bank) in Manitowoc, which engages in commercial and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Uwharrie Capital Corp

Uwharrie Capital Corp operates as the holding company for Anson Bank & Trust, Bank of Stanly, and Cabarrus Bank & Trust. The company,...

Bailout Bank Bio: SCBT Financial

SCBT Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides retail and commercial banking services, mortgage lending services, trust and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of Currituck

The Bank of Currituck is an independent community bank serving northeastern North Carolina and parts of southeastern Virginia.  The main...

Bailout Bank Bio: Congaree Bancshares

Congaree Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Congaree State Bank, which provides various banking products and services to...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Busey Corporation

First Busey Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Busey Bank and Busey Bank, National Association that provide various retail...

Budget Committee Hearing on Statutory PAYGO

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Peter Orszag testified before the House Budget Committee yesterday on the Administration’s...

Bailout Bank Bio: Oak Ridge Financial

    Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc. operates as the holding company for Bank of Oak Ridge that provides commercial banking...

Bailout Bank Bio: Chrysler

Chrysler LLC was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  In 2007 Cerberus Capital Management took up managing...

Complete Database of House and Senate Earmark Requests

After searching all 99 senate websites (remember the Coleman/Franken Minnesota race is still unresolved), we now have a complete database...

Bailout Bank Bio: General Motors

On June 1st GM filed for bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize. Under the proceeding the company will receive access to an...

Bailout Bank Bio: MutualFirst Financial

  MutualFirst Financial, Inc. operates as the holding company for Mutual Federal Savings Bank, which provides various financial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Monadnock Bancorp

Monadnock Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company for Monadnock Community Bank, based in Peterborough, New Hampshire. In December 2008,...

Bailout Bank Bio: MidSouth Bancorp (MidSouth Bank)

  MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for MidSouth Bank, N.A., which provides commercial and retail community...

Bailout Bank Bio: North Central Bancshares (First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa)

North Central Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa that offers banking services in...

Bailout Bank Bio: Northeast Bancorp (Northeast Bank)

Northeast Bancorp is a bank holding company for Northeast Bank, headquartered in Lewiston, Maine. The bank operates 11 banking branch...

Bailout Bank Bio: MidWestOne Financial Group

  MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides retail and commercial banking products and services. It...

Bailout Bank Bio: Manhattan Bancorp

Manhattan Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Bank of Manhattan, N.A. that provides general commercial banking services to...

Bailout Bank Bio: MainSource Financial Group

MainSource Financial Group, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Greensburg, Indiana, with three banking subsidiaries:...

Bailout Bank Bio: Leader Bancorp

Leader Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Leader Bank N.A., headquartered in Arlington, MA. Leader Bank’s deposits are insured by...

Bailout Bank Bio: HMN Financial

HMN Financial, Inc. (HMN) is a stock savings bank holding company that wholly owns Home Federal Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank...

Bailout Bank Bio: HopFed Bancorp

HopFed Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Heritage Bank that provides commercial banking services in southwestern...

Bailout Bank Bio: LNB Bancorp (Lorain National Bank)

LNB Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for The Lorain National Bank, which provides banking, mortgage, and brokerage services...

Bailout Bank Bio: Heritage Oaks Bancorp

Heritage Oaks Bancorp is a holding company that owns all of the outstanding common stock of Heritage Oaks Bank (the Bank). Heritage Oaks...

Bailout Bank Bio: Intervest Bancshares Corporation

Intervest Bancshares Corporation operates as a financial holding company for Intervest National Bank (bank) and Intervest Mortgage...

Bailout Bank Bio: Home Bancshares

Home BancShares, Inc., a financial holding company, provides a range of commercial and retail banking, and related financial products and...

Bailout Bank Bio: MetroCorp Bancshares

MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for MetroBank, National Association; and Metro United Bank that provide...

Bailout Bank Bio: LSB Corporation (River Bank)

LSB Corporation operates as the holding company for River Bank that provides various financial products and services to the general...

Bailout Bank Bio: Independent Bank Corporation

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. Independent paid $78.2...

Bailout Bank Bio: Independent Bank Corporation of Michigan

Independent Bank Corporation, a bank holding company, provides commercial banking services primarily in Michigan. The company offers...

Bailout Bank Bio: Lakeland Bancorp

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc., through its subsidiary, Lakeland Bank, provides various commercial and consumer banking products and services...

Bailout Bank Bio: ICB Financial

ICB Financial, through its subsidiary Inland Community Bank, N.A. provides a range of commercial banking services primarily to small...

Bailout Bank Bio: Hawthorn Bancshares

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (Hawthorn) is a bank holding company. The Company’s activities are limited to ownership, indirectly through its...

Bailout Bank Bio: Heritage Financial Corporation

Heritage Financial Corporation is a bank holding company. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of planning, directing and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Heartland Financial

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (Heartland) is a multi-bank holding company, having 10 bank subsidiaries in the states of Iowa, Illinois,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Green Bankshares

Green Bankshares, Inc. serves as the bank holding company for GreenBank (the Bank), which is a Tennessee-chartered commercial bank that...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Northern Community Bancorp

First Northern Community Bancorp is a bank holding company whose only subsidiary, First Northern Bank of Dixon (First Northern), a...

Bailout Bank Bio: Flushing Financial Corporation

Flushing Financial Corporation serves as the holding company for Flushing Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank owns four subsidiaries:...

Bailout Bank Bio: FPB Bancorp

FPB Bancorp, Inc. serves as the bank holding company for First Peoples Bank (the Bank). The Bank offers a range of retail and commercial...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Litchfield Financial (First National Bank of Litchfield)

First Litchfield Financial Corporation is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned banking subsidiary, The First...

Bailout Bank Bio: First M&F Corporation

First M&F Corporation is a holding company that engages in the banking business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Merchants and...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Financial Service (First Federal Savings Bank)

First Financial Service Corporation is the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown (the Bank). The Bank is...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Defiance

First Defiance Financial Corp. (First Defiance) is a unitary thrift holding company that, through its subsidiaries, focuses on...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Financial Holdings

First Financial Holdings, Inc. (First Financial) is a savings, loan holding and a financial holding company. It operates principally...

Bailout Bank Bio: Farmers Capital Bank Corporation

Farmers Capital Bank Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company’s subsidiaries provide a range of banking and bank-related...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Bancorp (First Bank)

First Bancorp is a bank holding company. The principal activity of the Company is the ownership and operation of First Bank (the Bank), a...

Bailout Bank Bio: Emclaire Financial

Emclaire Financial Corp. is a financial holding company that provides a range of retail and commercial financial products and services to...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Community Bank Corporation

First Community Bank Corporation of America is a unitary savings and loan holding company with one bank subsidiary, First Community Bank...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Citizens Banc Corp

First Citizens Banc Corp. (FCBC) is a financial holding company. Though its subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in the business of...

Bailout Bank Bio: Community Financial Corp.

Community Financial Corp. is a unitary savings and loan holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Community Bank...

Bailout Bank Bio: CalWest Bancorp

In step with its earthy-crunchy neighbors, CalWest Bancorp is into "organic." To address its gofor al an expanded geographic presence in...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Community Corporation

First Community Corporation serves as the bank holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary First Community Bank, N.A (the Bank). The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Community Partners Bancorp

Community Partners Bancorp (Community Partners) is a bank holding company. The Company’s wholly owned banking subsidiaries are Two River...

Bailout Bank Bio: Financial Institutions, Inc

Financial Institutions, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Five Star Bank, which provides consumer and commercial banking and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Enterprise Financial Services

Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (EFSC) is a financial holding company. The Company provides a range of banking and wealth management...

Bailout Bank Bio: Timberland Bancorp

Timberland Bancorp, Inc. was established for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Timberland Savings Bank, SSB (the Bank). The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Taylor Capital Group

Taylor Capital Group, Inc., based in Rosemont, Illinois, serves as the holding company for Cole Taylor Bank, which is primarily engaged...

Bailout Bank Bio: Codorus Valley Bancorp

Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. (Codorus Valley) is a holding company with one wholly owned bank subsidiary, PeoplesBank, A Codorus Valley...

Bailout Bank Bio: W.T.B. Financial (Washington Trust Bank)

W.T.B. Financial Corp. is the bank holding company for Washington Trust Bank. Washington Trust is the largest privately held commercial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Colony Bankcorp

Colony Bankcorp, Inc. (Colony) is a holding company. Colony provides, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, a range of products and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Community Bankers Trust

Community Bankers Trust Corporation, formerly Community Bankers Acquisition Corp., is a bank holding company and a financial holding...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bridge Capital Holdings

Bridge Capital Holdings is the holding company for Bridge Bank, National Association (the Bank), which engages in general commercial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Citizens First Corporation

Citizens First Corporation is the bank holding company for Citizens First Bank (the bank). Citizens First Bank is headquartered in...

Bailout Bank Bio: BNCCORP

BNCCORP, Inc. is a bank holding company for BNC National Bank, with 20 locations in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Citizens Bancshares Corporation

Citizens Bancshares Corporation is the bank holding company of Citizens Trust Bank (the Bank). The Company was organized to facilitate...

Bailout Bank Bio: Centra Financial Holdings

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. Centra Financial paid...

Bailout Bank Bio: Citizens & Northern Corporation

Citizens & Northern Corporation is a holding company that is engaged in community banking. The Company is engaged in providing a range of...

Bailout Bank Bio: CoBiz Financial

CoBiz Financial Inc. (CoBiz) is a financial holding company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary...

Bailout Bank Bio: Coastal Banking Company

Coastal Banking Company, Inc. is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Lowcountry National Bank and...

Bailout Bank Bio: BanTrust Financial Group

BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. (BancTrust) is a multi-bank holding company. The Company provides an array of traditional financial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Berkshire Hills Bancorp

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. Berkshire Hills paid...

Bailout Bank Bio: Beach Business Bank

Beach Business Bank, a small bank headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, operates two branches, in Manhattan Beach and Long Beach....

Bailout Bank Bio: Bar Harbor Bankshares

Bar Harbor Bankshares is a bank holding company. The Company has one wholly owned operating subsidiary, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust (the...

Bailout Bank Bio: BCSB

BCSB Bankcorp Inc. is a federally chartered mid-tier stock holding company. BCSB Bankcorp owns all of Baltimore County Savings Bank,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc.

Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. is the holding company for Bank Rhode Island (the Bank). It has no significant assets other than the common...

Bailout Bank Bio: AmeriServ Financial

AmeriServ Financial, Inc. is a bank holding company that owns all of the outstanding shares of AmeriServ Financial Bank (the Bank). The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Annapolis Bancorp, Inc

Annapolis Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, BankAnnapolis (the Bank). The Bank...

Database of FY2010 Earmark Requests

Update (May 7, 2009):  It has now been just over a month since the deadline for members to disclose on their websites all FY2010 earmark...

Bailout Bank Bio: Yadkin Valley Bank

Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation (Yadkin) is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Yadkin Valley...

Bailout Bank Bio: Park National Corporation

Park National Corporation is a financial holding company. Its primary subsidiary is Park National Bank. The bank has branches in Ohio and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Valley Financial Corporation

Valley Financial Corporation is the holding company for Valley Bank (the Bank). Valley Bank conducts a general commercial banking...

Bailout Bank Bio: S&T Bancorp

S&T Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company. Its banking subsidiary is S&T Bank, which has 46 branch offices located in Allegheny,...

Bailout Bank Bio: F.N.B. Corporation

F.N.B. Corporation is a bank holding company for First National Bank, which operates in Pennsylvania and Ohio. FNB has expanded its scope...

Bailout Bank Bio: Centrue Bank

Centrue Financial Corporation is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Centrue Bank (the Bank). The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Alarion Bank

Alarion Bank provides financial products and services. The company offers personal and business banking services, including checking...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Merchants Corporation

First Merchants Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. It has 65 locations in Indiana and Ohio. It...

Bailout Bank Bio: Anchor Bank

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. is a savings and loan holding company, which operates through its wholly owned banking subsidiary,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of America (and Merrill Lynch)

On September 15, 2008 Bank of America acquired the investment bank Merrill Lynch. Bank of America Bank of America is the nation’s...

Bailout Bank Bio: FirstMerit Corporation

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. FirstMerit paid $125...

Bailout Bank Bio: Dickinson Financial (Bank Midwest)

Dickinson Financial Corporation is the holding company for Bank Midwest, as well as a number of military banks. Bank Midwest operates 70...

Bailout Bank Bio: National Penn Bancshares

National Penn Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding for National Penn Bank, which provides banking services primarily in eastern and...

Bailout Bank Bio: SVB Financial Group

SVB Financial Group is a bank holding company for Silicon Valley Bank. SVB Financial Group operates 27 offices in the United States and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Provident Bankshares Corporation

Provident Bankshares Corporation is the bank holding company for Provident Bank. The Bank serves individuals and businesses through a...

Bailout Bank Bio: PrivateBancorp

PrivateBancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company for six banking subsidiaries, with 23 offices in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Milwaukee,...

Bailout Bank Bio: United Community Banks

United Community Banks, Inc. is a bank holding company that conducts its operations through United Community Bank, Brevard, North...

Bailout Bank Bio: MB Financial

MB Financial, Inc. (MB Financial) is a financial holding company with 73 banking offices located primarily in the Chicago area. The...

Bailout Bank Bio: International Bancshares Corporation

International Bancshares Corporation is a multi-bank financial holding company. Its primary banking subsidiary is IBC Bank. International...

Bailout Bank Bio: East West Bancorp

East West Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding for East West Bank, which provides baking services at 70 branches in the Los Angeles...

Bailout Bank Bio: Fulton Financial

Fulton Financial Corporation is a bank holding company for eleven community banks, in addition to two financial services companies and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Flagstar Bancorp

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. is the largest publicly traded savings bank in the Midwest. Its subsidiary is Flagstar Bank. In October 2008, the...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Banks

First Banks, the holding company for The San Francisco Company, whose subsidiary, First Bank, is a privately owned bank held by Chairman...

Bailout Bank Bio: Sterling Financial Corporation

Sterling Financial Corporation is a bank holding company for Sterling Savings Bank and Golf Savings Bank, with 178 branches in...

Bailout Bank Bio: First BanCorp

First BanCorp. is a financial holding company that owns FirstBank Puerto Rico (FirstBank or the Bank). The Company is a full service...

Bailout Bank Bio: M&T Bank

M&T Bank Corporation is a bank holding company for M&T Bank, which operates 704 branch offices in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania,...

Bailout Bank Bio: New York Private Bank & Trust

New York Private Bank and Trust is a bank holding company for Emigrant Bank, and is based in New York City. NYPBT is the 50th largest...

Bailout Bank Bio: Discover

Discover Financial Services is a financial services company with headquarters in Riverwoods, Illinois. It was founded in 1986 and is...

Bailout Bank Bio: Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation is a financial holding company for Northern Trust Company. The company has 85 offices in the United States and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Popular, Inc.

Popular, Inc. is a diversified bank holding company. The company operates in three target markets: Puerto Rico, the mainland United...

Bailout Bank Bio: AIG

UPDATE: March 4, 2009. After reporting a $61.7 billion quarterly loss – the biggest single quarter loss ever – in early March AIG asked...

Bailout Bank Bio: The First Bancorp

The First Bancorp, Inc., is the bank-holding company for The First, N.A., with headquarters in Damariscotta, Maine. The First Bancorp,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Wells Fargo & Company (and Wachovia Bank)

In late December 2008, shareholders of Wells Fargo and Wachovia agreed to Wells Fargo’s offer to buy Wachovia for $11.8 billion....

Bailout Bank Bio: CIT Group Inc (CIT)

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) is a global commercial finance company that provides financial products and advisory services to more than one...

Bailout Bank Bio: Cecil Bancorp

Cecil Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Cecil Bank (the Bank). The Bank provides commercial banking services to individuals and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Central Federal Corporation

Central Federal Corporation serves as the holding company for CFBank, a community-oriented savings institution. As of December 31, 2007,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Central Jersey Bancorp

Central Jersey Bancorp, incorporated on March 7, 2000, is a bank holding company. The Company combined its two bank subsidiaries,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Cache Valley Banking Company

Cache Valley Bank began as the Bank of North Park, with the name being changed to Cache Valley Bank in 1981. It is a privately owned...

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital Bancorp

Capital Bank, a subsidiary of Capital Bancorp, Inc., is a private community bank. Its deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit...

Bailout Bank Bio: California Oaks State Bank

California Oaks (Cal Oaks) State Bank has $123 million in total assets and is located in Ventura County with offices in Thousand Oaks and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Central Pacific Financial Corp

Central Pacific Financial Corp. is a bank holding company that, through its banking subsidiary, Central Pacific Bank, offers full service...

Bailout Bank Bio: C&F Financial Corporation

C & F Financial Corporation (C & F Financial) is a bank holding company that owns all of the stock of its sole operating subsidiary, C&F...

Bailout Bank Bio: Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc.

Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. was established for the purpose of serving as the bank holding company of Carolina Bank (the Bank), which is...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bridgeview Bancorp

Bridgeview Bancorp is a privately owned community bank with headquarters in Bridgeview, Illinois. It operates more than 15 banking...

Raising Questions About Transportation Spending in House Economic Stimulus Legislation

The transportation portion of the House stimulus package contains more than $43 billion for the Department of Transportation, including...

Bailout Bank Bio: Crescent Financial Corporation

Crescent Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Crescent State Bank, with 12 full service branch offices in Cary, Apex,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Central Bancorp, Inc.

Central Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company of Central Co-operative Bank, which provides commercial banking services in the northwestern...

Bailout Bank Bio: Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida is a bank holding company for Seacoast National Bank. Seacoast National operates in...

Bailout Bank Bio: Community West Bancshares

Community West Bancshares is a bank holding company of Community West Bank, with five branches located in Goleta, Ventura, Santa Maria,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Idaho Bancorp

Idaho Bancorp is the the holding company for Idaho Banking Company, which provides service to customers in southwestern Idaho. The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital Bank Corporation

Capital Bank Corporation is the holding company for Capital Bank in North Carolina. It operates 27 branch offices, including 5 branch...

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital Pacific Bancorp

Capital Pacific Bancorp operates as the holding company for Capital Pacific Bank, which provides banking services to businesses and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Unity Bancorp, Inc.

Unity Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Unity Bank, which has 17 branch offices. The company is based in Clinton, New Jersey....

Bailout Bank Bio: Center Bancorp, Inc.

Center Bancorp, Inc. is a one-bank holding company of The Union Center National Bank (the Bank) its principal subsidiary. As of the end...

Bailout Bank Bio: 1st Constitution Bancorp

1st Constitution Bancorp serves as the bank holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary 1st Constitution Bank (the Bank). It is...

Bailout Bank Bio: Sandy Spring Bancorp

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Sandy Spring Bank, a community banking organization. The company is involved in...

Bailout Bank Bio: Centerstate Banks of Florida, Inc.

Centerstate Banks of Florida, Inc. is a bank holding company, with 37 banking locations in 9 counties in the central Florida. The company...

Bailout Bank Bio: Comerica Incorporated

Comerica Incorporated is a financial holding company, providing financial products and services throughout North America. As of the end...

Bailout Bank Bio: 1st Source Corporation

1st Source Corporation is a bank holding company that provides, through its subsidiaries, an array of financial products and services....

Bailout Bank Bio: Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (M&I) is a diversified financial services company with five bank and trust subsidiaries including its lead...

Bailout Bank Bio: The South Financial Group

The South Financial Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for Carolina First Bank that provides a range of commercial and consumer...

Bailout Bank Bio: Center Financial Corporation

Center Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Center Bank. As of the end of 2007, it operated 18 branch offices and 8 loan...

Bailout Bank Bio: State Street Corporation

State Street Corporation is one of the world’s largest global financial services companies, with $1.7 trillion in assets under management...

Bailout Bank Bio: Washington Federal Inc

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. Washington Federal...

Bailout Bank Bio: West Bancorporation

West Bancorporation, Inc. operates as the holding company for West Bank, which provides commercial banking products and services to...

Bailout Bank Bio: StellarOne Corp

StellarOne Corp., formerly Virginia Financial Group, Inc., is a bank holding company. StellarOne Corp has a network of 35 branches...

Bailout Bank Bio: Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a New York-based financial institution with operations on six continents. Along with Goldman Sachs, in late September...

Bailout Bank Bio: American Express

American Express was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York. It is known best for its global payments and travel...

Bailout Bank Bio: Monarch Financial Holdings

Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, Monarch Bank. The company...

Bailout Bank Bio: Susquehanna Banchshares

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. is a financial holding company that operates through its subsidiaries in the mid-Atlantic region. The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Southern Missouri Bancorp

Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Southern Missouri Bank & Trust Co. The Bank conducts its business from its...

Bailout Bank Bio: Mid Penn Bancorp

Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company for Mid Penn Bank. It operates 15 offices located in Dauphin, Northumberland,...

Bailout Bank Bio: NewBridge Bancorp

NewBridge Bancorp is a bank holding company located in Greensboro, North Carolina. NewBridge operates banks in North Carolina and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Oak Valley Bancorp

Oak Valley Bancorp is a bank holding company for Oak Valley Community Bank, based in Oakdale, California. The company operates 12...

Bailout Bank Bio: Patapsco Bancorp, Inc.

Patapsco Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company of The Patapsco Bank, with five full-service offices located in Dundalk, Parkville, Carney,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Pacific Commerce Bank

Pacific Commerce Bank is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and serves the Japanese-American, Chinese-American, other...

Bailout Bank Bio: Indiana Community Bancorp

Indiana Community Bancorp, formerly Home Federal Bancorp, is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Peapack-Gladstone Financial

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a bank holding Company for Peapack-Gladstone Bank in New Jersey. It operates 21 full-service...

Bailout Bank Bio: Old Line Bancshares

Old Line Bancshares, Inc. is a holding company for Old Line Bank, with its headquarters in Bowie, Maryland. The bank has a branch in...

Bailout Bank Bio: Regions Financial

Regions Financial Corporation is a financial holding company that operates throughout the South, Midwest and Texas, with approximately...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Community Bancshares

First Community Bancshares, Inc. is a holding company for First Community Bank which operates 57 banking locations in the states of...

Bailout Bank Bio: Hampton Roads Bancshares

Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. primarily serves as a holding company for the Bank of Hampton Roads, whose   primary service area...

Bailout Bank Bio: First California Financial

First California Financial Group Inc., formerly known as National Mercantile Bancorp, is a bank holding company, for its wholly owned...

Bailout Bank Bio: Horizon Bancorp

Horizon Bancorp is a bank holding company for Horizon Bank, which provides services in commercial banking. Horizon Bank operates two full...

Bailout Bank Bio: Fidelity Southern Corporation

Fidelity Southern Corporation is a bank holding company that operates primarily through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fidelity Bank....

Bailout Bank Bio: Elmira Savings Bank

Elmira Savings Bank operates as an independent community bank. The company has eleven banking offices: three in Elmira, three in Ithaca,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Eastern Virginia Bankshares

Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. is a bank holding company for EVB, which operates 23 service branches in eastern Virginia. EVB is a...

Bailout Bank Bio: Fidelity Bancorp, Inc.

Fidelity Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company that provides a range of banking services through its wholly owned banking subsidiary,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Saigon National Bank

According to its website: “Saigon National Bank is a locally owned community bank devoted to serving the financial needs of the...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Financial Bancorp

First Financial Bancorp is a bank holding company that engages in the business of commercial banking and other banking and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Huntington Bancshares

Huntington Bancshares is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with 600 regional banking offices in Indiana,...

Bailout Bank Bio: TIB Financial

TIB Financial Corp. is a financial holding company with several subsidiaries: TIB Bank, The Bank of Venice and Naples Capital Advisors,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Seacoast Commerce Bank

Seacoast Commerce Bank services businesses and individuals in Chula Vista and San Diego County, California. The bank is headquartered...

Bailout Bank Bio: Alliance Financial

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. Alliance paid $27.2...

Bailout Bank Bio: Cadence Financial

Cadence Financial Corporation is a financial holding company, with assets consisting primarily of its investment in Cadence Bank. Cadence...

Bailout Bank Bio: Wainwright Bank & Trust

Wainwright Bank & Trust Company is a banking company based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of December 2007, Wainwright operated 10...

Terms for Auto Bailout Released

The Treasury Department just released terms for the bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler.  Taxpayers for Common Sense staff will be...

Bailout Bank Bio: City National Corporation

City National Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of City National Corporation and is based in Beverly Hills, California. It operates 62...

Bailout Bank Bio: Citizens South Banking Corporation

Citizens South Banking Corporation is the holding company for Citizens South Bank. Citizens South Bank has 14 full-service branch offices...

Bailout Bank Bio: BNC Bancorp

BNC Bancorp operates as the holding company for Bank of North Carolina, which provides banking products and services in Cabarrus,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Dime Community Bancshares

NOTE: Dime Community Bancshares was approved to receive $77.3 million from the Treasury Department through the Capital Purchase Program,...

Bailout Bank Bio: CVB Financial

CVB Financial Corp. serves as the holding company of Citizens Business Bank. The bank’s customers consist primarily of small to mid-sized...

Bailout Bank Bio: Commerce National Bank

Commerce National Bank offers commercial banking services in Orange County, California. The bank was founded in 2003 and is headquartered...

Bailout Bank Bio: Encore Bancshares, Inc

Encore Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company for Encore Bank headquartered in Houston, Texas. As of December 31, 2007, it operated...

Bailout Bank Bio: 1st Financial Services Corporation

1st Financial Services Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Mountain 1st Bank & Trust Company. The company, headquartered...

Bailout Bank Bio: Trustmark Corporation

Trustmark Corporation is a multi-bank holding company whose primary subsidiary is Trustmark National Bank (TNB). Trustmark conducts...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of Marin Bancorp

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. Bank of Marin paid $28...

Bailout Bank Bio: Ameris Bancorp

Ameris Bancorp is a financial holding company for the Ameris Bank, operating 46 banking offices in Georgia, Alabama, northern Florida,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of the Ozarks Inc

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company which owns Bank of the Ozarks. Bank of the Ozarks conducts operations through 65...

Bailout Bank Bio: Blue Valley Ban Corp

Blue Valley Ban Corp. (Blue Valley) is a financial holding company for its primary wholly owned subsidiary, Bank of Blue Valley. The bank...

Congressional Oversight Panel for the Bailout Releases First Report

The Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization has released its first report on the $700 billion Emergency Economic...

Bailout Bank Bio: Wintrust Financial

Wintrust Financial Corporation is a financial holding company that controls 15 subsidiaries that serve customers in the greater Chicago,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Tennessee Commerce Bancorp

Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company of Tennessee Commerce Bank. Tennessee Commerce is headquartered in Franklin,...

Bailout Bank Bio: WesBanco, Inc.

WesBanco, Inc. operates as the holding company for WesBanco Bank, Inc. WesBanco operates 115 banking offices in West Virginia, Ohio, and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Severn Bancorp Inc.

Severn Bancorp is a savings and loan holding company. Its principal subsidiary is Severn Savings Bank. Severn operates in Maryland,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Old National Bancorp

Old National Bancorp is a financial services holding company based in Evansville, Indiana. Its subsidiary, Old National Bank, provides...

Bailout Bank Bio: TowneBank

TowneBank, based in Portsmouth, Virginia, offers banking services throughout the Hampton Roads region in Southeastern, Virginia. The...

Bailout Bank Bio: Heritage Commerce Corp

Heritage Commerce Corp is the holding company for Heritage Bank of Commerce. They are located in San Jose, California. The bank was...

Bailout Bank Bio: Whitney Holding Corporation

Whitney Holding Corporation is a bank holding company based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The company is the parent of Whitney National...

Bailout Bank Bio: Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc.

Boston Private Financial, Inc. is a holding company located in Boston, Massachusetts. The company owns a number of financial services...

Bailout Bank Bio: Cathay General Bancorp

Cathay General Bancorp is the holding company for Cathay Bank, which is located in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles, CA. According to...

Bailout Bank Bio: KeyCorp

KeyCorp is a national financial services company based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the parent company of KeyBank which has branches in 13...

Bailout Bank Bio: Columbia Banking System Inc.

Columbia Banking System, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. Columbia operates 55 banks branches in parts...

Bailout Bank Bio: BB&T Corporation

BB&T is a regional financial holding company. The core of its business and franchise was created by the merger of equals between BB&T and...

Bailout Bank Bio: Cascade Financial Corporation

Cascade Financial Corp. is a bank holding company for Cascade Bank, which operates in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. In...

Bailout Bank Bio: Wilshire Bancorp

Wilshire Bancorp is a bank holding company for Wilshire State Bank, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The bank has branch offices...

Bailout Bank Bio: Citizens Republic

Citizens Republic Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Flint, Michigan. In addition to Michigan, it has banks in Wisconsin,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Iberiabank Corp

IBERIABANK Corp. is the holding company for IBERIA Bank and Pulaski Bank and Trust.  IBERIABANK Corp. received approval in early...

Bailout Bank Bio: Great Southern

Great Southern Bancorp Inc. is a holding company based in Springfield, Missouri. Great Southern has been approved to receive up to $60...

Bailout Bank Bio: Nara Bancorp

Nara Bancorp is the holding company for Nara Bank, located in Los Angeles, California. Nara was begun as a community bank intended to...

Bailout Bank Bio: TCF Financial

TCF Financial Corp. recently announced that it would participate in the Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase Program, and expects to...

Bailout Bank Bio: Broadway Financial

Broadway Financial Corporation announced in November that it received $9 million under the Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase...

Bailout Bank Bio: Wilmington Trust

Wilmington Trust Corporation, based in Wilmington, DE, is a financial holding company whose primary subsidiary is Wilmington Trust...

Bailout Bank Bio: Peoples Bancorp

Peoples Bancorp is a bank holding company based in Ohio with bank branches in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. In early November,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Western Alliance Bancorporation

Western Alliance Bancorporation, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a bank holding company. According to its website, Western...

Bailout Bank Bio: Signature Bank

New York City-based Signature Bank is a full-service commercial bank with 21 private client offices in and around New York City....

Bailout Bank Bio: Simmons First National

Simmons First National Corporation is a financial holding company based in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The primary banking subsidiary is...

Bailout Bank Bio: Synovus Financial

Synovus is a Columbus, Georgia based financial services holding company that recently announced its participation in the Treasury...

Bailout Bank Bio: Intermountain Community

Intermountain Community Bancorp is a bank holding company located in Idaho. It is the bank holding company for Panhandle State Bank, the...

Bailout Bank Bio: Banner Corporation

Banner Corporation is a Washington based bank holding company with banks in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. In a November 4th press...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Horizon National

First Horizon National Corporation is a holding company for First Tennessee Bank National Association and other banking-related...

Bailout Bank Bio: Webster Financial

Webster Financial Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut. Its banking subsidiary is Webster Bank,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of Commerce Holdings

Bank of Commerce Holdings, based in Redding, California, is the holding company for Redding Bank of Commerce and several other related...

Bailout Bank Bio: Midwest Banc Holdings Inc

Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. is a bank holding company operating in the greater Chicago metropolitan area.   In early November, Midwest...

Bailout Bank Bio: Pacific Capital

Pacific Capital Bancorp is a bank holding company of Pacific Capital Bank, N.A., which operates 48 branches under several brand names...

Bailout Bank Bio: Porter Bancorp

Porter Bancorp, headquartered in Louisville, KY, is a bank holding company whose subsidiary, PBI Bank, has nineteen branches in twelve...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Midwest Bancorp

First Midwest Bank began in Joliet, Illinois and continues to serve the southern Chicago suburbs and the Quad Cities area. Their...

Bailout Bank Bio: Bank of New York Mellon

The Bank of New York Mellon was established in 2007 with the merger of Mellon Financial Corporation and The Bank of New York Company,...

Bailout Bank Bio: PNC Financial Services Group

PNC is a Pittsburgh-based bank that is among the largest of U.S. banks. It received $7.7 billion under the Treasury Department’s Capital...

Bailout Bank Bio: Suntrust Banks Inc

SunTrust Banks Inc. is a bank holding company based in Atlanta, G. The corporation’s largest subsidiary is SunTrust Bank which has 1,700...

Bailout Bank Bio: Associated Banc-Corp

Associated Banc-Corp (ABC) is a bank holding company with headquarters in Green Bay, Wisconsin. ABC is the 37th largest bank holding...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Pactrust Bancorp

First PacTrust Bancorp is a holding company and holds all the stocks for Pacific Trust Bank. It is located in Chula Vista, California. In...

Bailout Bank Bio: First Niagara Financial Group

Update The company recently announced that it had re-purchased its preferred stock from the Treasury Department. First Niagara paid...

Bailout Bank Bio: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co

J.P. Morgan Chase is a New York based financial services company with worldwide operations. J.P. Morgan Chase is the umbrella brand that...

Bailout Bank Bio: UCBH Holdings Inc

UCBH Holdings is the holding company for United Commercial Bank, Ltd (UCB). In October it announced that it would participate in the...

Bailout Bank Bio: Valley National Bancorp

Valley National Bank is a federally chartered commercial bank operating 195 branches in parts of northern and central New Jersey and some...

Bailout Bank Bio: Fifth Third Bancorp

Fifth Third (5/3) Bank is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based corporation, and one of the largest money managers in the Midwest with 1,300 branches...

Bailout Bank Bio: Umpqua Holdings Corp

Umpqua Bank is a community bank with 147 branches across Oregon, Washington and California. Umpqua is based in the Portland, Oregon...

Bailout Bank Bio: US Bancorp

U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, which is the country’s sixth largest bank,...

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital One Financial Inc

Capital One Financial is a financial services company whose products and services include consumer and commercial banking and credit card...

Bailout Bank Bio: Zions Bancorporation

Zions Bancorporation is expected to receive $1.4 billion in bailout funds from the Department of the Treasury. Zions is a financial...

Bailout Bank Bio: Goldman Sachs

On October 28, 2008, Goldman Sachs received $10 billion of the first $125 billion from the $700 billion bailout bill. Goldman Sachs is a...

Treasury Releases Report on Bailout Expenditures

The Treasury Department has released its first bailout “transaction report,” which documents  where $125 billion of the $700 billion in...

Senate Passes Bailout bill

The Senate passed the bailout bill 74-25 this evening. Here is the rollcall for the vote. This is what we had to say about the Senate...

In their Own Words: U.S. Senators and the Bailout

TCS staff have scoured the web and wires for press releases or other official statements on the bailout from United States Senators in...

President Signs Earmark-Laden Spending Bill

President George W. Bush signed a massive year-end spending bill late Tuesday, just hours before a new fiscal year began. The "Minibus"...

Bailout Bill and Related Resources

The latest version of the bailout bill was just released.  Read it here. Additional resources (we're adding more as we find them, so...

Stevens Tops FY2009 Earmark Heap

As Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) sat today in a federal courthouse while jurors were chosen in the federal trial against him, he received at...

2,321 Earmarks worth $6.6 Billion in Minibus Legislation

After a bit of speed reading, TCS staff came up with earmark totals for the CR/Def/DHS/MilCon bill that was released 13 hours ago. These...

Congress Releases $600 Billion Spending Bill for 2009

Late last night, the House released the more than $600 billion FY09 CR/MiniBus legislation, to fund much of the government through early...

Government Bailouts Top $1 Trillion in 2008

Update--September 23 Our transparency in government allies at Open CRS obtained a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report The Cost...

Draft Language of the Bailout Plans

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) has drafted a replacement legislative package to the Administration's proposed bailout plan. With a quick glance...

FY2009 Appropriations Bills: TCS Analyses and Earmark Databases

The following are links to TCS's analysis and database for each of the FY09 appropriations bills. (Note: With the exception of House...

Risky Business on Wall Street

This morning the federal government (which means you the American taxpayer) became the not-so-proud owner of American International Group...

110th Congress By the Numbers

      110th Congress By the Numbers   1932 House or Senate Resolutions...

Top 10 Congressional Resolutions of the 110th Congress

TCS staff have taken a moment to reflect on the activities of the 110th Congress.  Below is a list of some of their more "notable"...

Senate Energy and Water Earmark Total Nearly Identical to Last Year

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY2009 Energy and Water appropriations bill contains 1,480 earmarks worth $3.50 billion (click here...

Very Little of Iraq Oil Surplus Goes to Rebuilding

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report tabulating U.S. and Iraqi expenditures on rebuilding efforts (click here for...

Nearly $200 million in Agriculture Earmarks in Senate Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee included 307 earmarks worth about $197.2 million in the Fiscal Year 2009 Agriculture Appropriations...

House Earmarks $721 Million in Military Construction Appropriations Bill

The House of Representative today passed a bill to fund Military Construction and Veterans Affairs programs in fiscal year 2009 contains...

House Appropriations Committee Starts to Move

Well, the House Appropriations Committee filed the Military Construction spending bill. This is the first show of actually moving bills...

Senate Doubles House Take of Financial Services Earmarks

The FY 2009 Senate Financial Services Appropriations bill contains 90 earmarks worth $221.3 million (click here to view the database)....

Earmarks for Energy and Water Projects Double in House Legislation

The FY 2009 House Energy and Water Appropriations bill contains 1,465 congressional earmarks for a total cost of more than $3.1 billion...

Shelby, Milkulski Secure 25% of Earmarks on CJS Spending Bill

The FY 2009 Senate Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill contains 552 earmarks worth $471.4 million, according to an...

House Commerce Justice Science Spending Bill: 1,126 Earmarks, $442,562,000

The FY 2009 House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill contains 1,126 earmarks worth $442,562,000. That is a decrease of 13...

House Labor-HHS Spending Bill: 1,371 Earmarks, $619 Million

The FY 2009 House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill contains 1371 earmarks for a total cost of $619,187,000. The number of projects...

$57 million in earmarks in the House 2009 Financial Services spending bill

The 2009 House Financial Services Appropriations bill contains 197 earmarks for a total of $57 million (click here to see the database)....

$197 Million in Homeland Security Earmarks in Senate Spending Bill

The Senate version of the 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill includes 19 congressional earmarks for a total of...

Appropriations Committee Votes to Make DOJ Grants More Competitive

Last week, our good friends at the Project on Government Oversight released a new report that chronicled cronyism in grant making in the...

What Is Government Waste?

1. If it doesn't work, don't fund it. 2. Eliminate redundant expenditures. 3. Stop helping those who don't need help. 4. Get a fair price...

Oppose Harmful Amendments to S. 2284

May 7, 2008 Dear Senator: The Senate is currently considering S. 2284, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008. Taxpayers...

TCS FY08 Earmark Database Release

TCS has rolled out our FY08 earmarks database. Now you can peruse and search 11,234 Congressional earmarks worth $14.8 billion. But wait,...

Shadowy Supplemental

6:05 p.m. -- Beyond invoking Congressional wrath by not requesting a year’s worth of emergency supplemental spending with the White House...

Senate Budget Committee Minority’s Observations

12:05 p.m. -- Here is a link to the (pdf | 1.16 MB). One key complaint of Ranking Member Sen. Gregg (R-NH) is that the budget fails to...

The Coast Guard’s Troubled Deepwater Acquisition

11:30 a.m. -- A program to recapitalize a large portion of the agency’s ships, aircraft and communications -- got a more than 20% bump up...

$5.6 Billion in Emergency CORPS Funds for Katrina

Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m. -- In their final budget, the Bush Administration keeps up the pressure on the Corps of Engineers, providing the agency...

Digging the Hole Deeper

6:50 p.m. -- The budget predicts a deficit of $407 billion in FY09 (and a FY08 deficit of $410 billion), a figure that just squeaks under...

Bush Administration’s 2009 Budget Talking Points

10:50 a.m. -- These talking points were just emailed to us. Wanted to make sure that you had a chance to see them....

Border Security Under Scrutiny

SBInet, the DHS program tasked with providing the fence’s technological elements such as cameras and sensors, received $775 million. Though...

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership/Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative

Feb. 4, 4:50 p.m. -- The administration is proposing $123 million more than Congress enacted in FY2008 for the Global Nuclear Energy...

Administration Proposes $2 Billion Cut in Road Spending

Feb. 4, 12:25 p.m. -- In what seems to be a budget rite of passage, the administration has proposed billions of cuts to Congress’ pet...

FY 2009 Budget Historic Tables

Summary:  Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2009 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the...

Golden Fleece Award

Taxpayers for Common Sense Announces New Golden Fleece Recipient Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders...

D-Day for Omnibus

In the wee hours this morning, the omnibus emerged from the bowels of the Capitol to be posted on the House Rules site: Speed readers...

Omnibus Spending Bill Stuffed with Earmarks

  Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the Omnibus...

Omnibus Creeps Forward and Cost of Earmarks

During this afternoon’s always entertaining colloquy between House Majority Leader Hoyer and Minority Whip Blunt on the House schedule,...

As the Omnibus Turns

While House Appropriations Cardinals are supposedly shaking the spending trees to find programs to cut from the end-of-the-year...

Omnibust ﾖ What We Know

What I'm hearing is that no one really knows what the next step is for Congressional Democrats to close the door on the FY08 spending...

SAME DAY SERVICE ON THE OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL

Here’s one possible scenario: The Omnibus spending bill appears tomorrow, runs through a revolving door at the Rules committee, and makes a...

THUD Earmarks: Budget Battle Lines Drawn

TCS’s database of earmarks in the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill have landed with a THUD on our web...

House-Senate-Conference Earmarks for Labor-H Up

Now Congress is into full appropriations swing – that is until they take off for Thanksgiving. For your viewing pleasure...

Final Week Flurry ﾖ Defense & AG Earmarks and More

For your summer reading pleasure we have posted all the earmarks in the House FY08 Defense and Agriculture spending bills. And I can assure...

House Passes “Carbon Copy” Farm Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2007 CONTACT: Steve Ellis, 202-546-8500 x126 Washington, D.C. – The following is a statement from...

Commerce of Earmarks ﾖ CJS Spending Bill

To help you follow the CJS debate, TCS has released our database (MORE THAN 1100 EARMARKS IN HOUSE COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE SPENDING BILL)...

Paving the Way for Pork ﾖ THUD Earmarks

TCS has plowed through the more than 1,400 earmarks worth nearly $2.2 billion in the aptly named THUD spending bill. Congress contributed...

1,300 Earmarks in Labor/HHS

Here’s one reason why Rep. Obey’s amendment to eliminate all the earmarks in the Labor/HHS bill failed last night. Actually here are 1,342...

Senate Makes House E&W Earmarks Shopping Frenzy Look Tame

So the House Energy and Water spending bill approved yesterday included 1,010 earmarks worth $3.2 billion. We think that’s a lot, but then...

Earmarks Aplenty in Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Bill

So 1,759 earmarks and $3.8 billion later we finished our database of the Senate Energy & Water Appropriations bill. It's a doozy. Twenty...

ﾑBama Wins Senate CJS Approps Sweepstakes

TCS has completed our analysis and database of the Senate CJS appropriations bill. Even in the minority, Sen. Shelby (R-AL) knows how to...

Senate Interior Appropriations earmarks to Start Your 4th With a Bang

Just so you don't think recess means relaxation for TCS, we've just released our findings and database on the FY08 Senate Interior Approps...

House FY08 Financial Services Analysis and Database and Additional Senate FY08 Defense Analysis and Database

The TCS analysis and database of the House FY08 Financial Services bill (TCS ANALYSIS OF FY08 HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS BILL)...

Senate Homeland Security and More on House Appropriations

I wanted to alert you that TCS has released our analysis and database of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations (TCS ANALYSIS OF FY08...

House Interior Appropriations Initiation Analysis and Database

For your weekend reading pleasure, please find the link below to TCS's initial analysis of the House FY08 Interior Appropriations bill....

House Leg Branch & State/Foreign Ops

Hmmm. What do the FY08 Legislative Branch (TCS Analysis of House Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill) and FY08 State and Foreign...

TCS Releases Analysis of Senate MilCon Earmarks

As promised TCS is churning through the appropriations bills. We've just completed our analysis of the Senate MilCon/VA appropriations...

Tentative Deal to Put Earmarks Back in House Spending Bills

An AP story (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-13-congress-spending_N.htm) seems to indicate there has been a step back from...

TCS Analysis of the House FY2008 Homeland Security Bill

For Immediate Release June 11, 2007 Contact: Steve Ellis 202-546-8500 x126 TCS ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSE FY2008 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND...

50 Defense Earmarks Not Disclosed by House Defense Committe

 Posted by Laura Peterson, June 8, 2007   Additional Information...

See How the Spending Bills Stack Up

Congress beat us. Less than 43 hours after the Conference Report filed the House and Senate sent $124.2B in "emergency" spending to the...

TCS Statement on Senate Passage of Emergency Spending Bill

Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on Senate passage of...

Supplemental Up On House Floor; Approved by Senate Appropriations

The House has begun debate on the Supplemental. The rule provides for no amendments and four hours of debate equally divided between...

Emergencies and Earmarks - Supplemental

I'm hearing that the Senate supplemental is weighing in at $121B, slightly slimmer than the House's $124B, although the Ag Emergency...

TCS FY07 Defense Earmarks Database Available

The results are in! Taxpayers for Common Sense analysis of the FY07 Defense spending bill found 2,646 earmarks worth $10.5B. This compares...

Sen. Thune Earmark and DM&E Rail Loan - Rejected

Today, the Federal Railroad Administration rejected the Dakota, Mining & Eastern (DM&E) loan application. Why does TCS care? For two main...

FY07 Earmark Instructions to Agencies

OMB just sent out a memo to Department Heads and Federal Agencies directing them how to deal with the FY07 spending bill (which the...

FY07 Spending Bill

Four and half months into the fiscal year, 2007 appropriations are finally done. What a mess. The Republicans left a mess by not getting...

Omnibus: 48 Hrs. to Read the Bill ﾖ HA! Earmark Disclosure ﾖ Double HA!!

Here’s the likely scenario: The Omnibus spending bill appears tomorrow, runs through a revolving door at the Rules committee and makes a...

Presidentﾒs SAP on FY07 Omnibus

The President’s Statement of Administration Policy on the FY07 spending bill is out. I am heartened by the Administration's comment: “The...

2007 Administration Outline of Farm Bill

Summary: 2007 Administration Outline of Farm Bill    

Continuing Resolution 101

The House Rules Committee is supposed to consider the FY07 Continuing Resolution (CR) today at 3 PM. CR 101: For the last several years,...

Continuing Resolution Rumors

The long-term continuing resolution for FY07 appropriations is supposed to be considered by the House on Wednesday. It should come out on...

As the Line Item Veto Turns

So, Sen. Gregg's line item veto (enhanced recission) amendment is back up on the floor of the Senate. It wasn't "germane" to the...

Line Item Veto ﾖ Enhanced Recission Authority Fight & Black Budget Earmarks

Right now, the Senate is bogging down on Sen. Gregg's "Second Look at Wasteful Spending" amendment.  That's a pretty good name for what...

An Open Letter to the United States House of Representatives: Support Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act

Dear Representative:   We urge you to support H.R. 4973, the “Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006.” Our organizations...

Taxpayer Coalition Letter to Sen. Richard Shelby: Federal Flood Insurance Program Needs Reform

 The Honorable Richard Shelby Chairman Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs United States Senate Washington DC 20510 Dear Mr....

TCS Statement on the Death of Senator William Proxmire

Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement from Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the death of...

TCS Statement on Senate Farm Subsidy Vote

The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the Senate refusal to cut billions in handouts for the nation’s largest and richest farms....

TCS Has Grave Concerns Regarding the Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005

Dear Representative: Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS), a non-partisan budget watchdog, has grave concerns regarding H.R. 3842, the...

TCS Praises RSC’s Operation Offset

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis, Vice...

TCS Statement on Presidential Address on Katrina Aid Package

Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis,...

TCS Commissioned Report—Billions Spent to Deter Marijuana Use, But Program Effectiveness Remains Unknown

Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United States, and study after study shows that despite spending billions of...

Billions Spent to Stop Pot Smoking, But Program Effectiveness Remains Unknown

Washington, D.C. - Despite the federal government spending nearly $4 billion to combat marijuana use last year and tens of billions over...

TCS Statement on Emergency Supplemental Bill

Washington, D.C. – The following is a written statement by Keith Ashdown, Vice-President of Policy at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the...

Administration Introduces the ‘Budget of the Living Dead’

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President of Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the...

ANALYSIS OF THE PRESIDENT’S FY2006 BUDGET REQUEST

ANALYSIS OF THE PRESIDENT'S FY2006 BUDGET REQUEST February 2005   #10 - Advanced Technology Program   FY06 Budget...

TCS Challenges New Appropriations Chair to Rein in Spending

Washington, D.C. - The following is a prepared statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President for Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense: First,...

TCS Statement on FSC/ETI Corporate Tax Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement Keith Ashdown, Vice President of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national budget...

Corporate Tax Bill a ‘Christmas Tree in June’

Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement by Keith Ashdown, Vice President at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the FSC/ETI Corporate...

TCS Statement on the Jobs Act

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Keith Ashdown, Vice President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on final passage of...

Dozens of Special Interest Provisions Added to Corporate Tax Bill

Washington, DC - The following is a statement by Keith Ashdown, Vice-President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the Corporate Tax Bill:...

TCS Statement on Release of the Presidentﾒs FY2005 Budget Request

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President for Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the...

TCS Statement on the Omnibus Spending Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Jill Lancelot, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the Omnibus Spending...

TCS Statement on the Passage of the Omnibus Spending Bill

Washington, D.C. - The following is a prepared statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national budget...

Recommendations for FY04 Senate Interior Appropriations Bill

Dear Senator: Our budget deficit has grown to more than $400 billion, making it more important than ever to exercise fiscal restraint in...

Rep. Don Young Wins Golden Fleece Award

Washington, D.C. - Rep Don Young (R-AK) was awarded the Golden Fleece Award today by Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog...

Green Scissors 2003

Washington, D.C. - Prepared Statement of Aileen Roder, Program Director, Taxpayers for Common Sense: Let me be clear - I do not like...

Bush Budget is Riverboat Gamble that May Drown in Sea of Red Ink

Washington, D.C. - The following is a written statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President of Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget...

Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Lost to Logging, Road Building in Alaska

Washington, DC - The following is a written statement by Aileen Roder, Program Director at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national budget...

TCS Slams Bush Stimulus Plan

Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement by Steve Ellis, Vice President for Programs at Taxpayers for Common Sense, a national...

House Expected to Approve Massive Spending Increases Over Bush Interior Budget

Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives is expected to approve today the $20.4 billion Department of Interior spending bill, which...

Senate Should Protect United States From Frivolous Foreign Lawsuits

Washington, D.C. - The following statement is from Joe Theissen, Executive Director of Taxpayers for Common Sense regarding the Kerry...

Provision in Trade Bill Could Cost Taxpayers Billions According to New Study

Washington, D.C. - Legislation to renew the President's authority to negotiate new trade agreements could set the stage for unprecedented...

Green Scissors 2002

Washington, D.C. - With the return of budget deficits and the annual political war over the budget bills set to start, today a coalition...

TCS Slams Postage Increase

Washington, D.C. - Taxpayers for Common Sense, an independent budget watchdog, today criticized the U.S. Postal Service for raising postage...

TCS Statement on Passage of Campaign Finance Reform Legislation

Washington, D.C. - Taxpayers for Common Sense, an independent budget watchdog, applauds the action of the U.S. Senate in passing and...

Congress Should Not Put the Nationﾒs Credit Rating at Risk by Playing Politics with the Debt Ceiling

Washington, D.C. - Congress should pass President Bush's request to increase the nation's debt ceiling without delay, said Taxpayers for...

Back to the Future: Bush Budget Busts the Bank

Washington, D.C. - The Bush Administration's proposed $2.13 trillion federal budget with its massive new spending will lead us into a new...

Common Sense Principles For The 2003 Budget

The following are five important budget principles that should guide Congress in formulating the Fiscal Year 2003 federal budget....

Bush Administration Proposes Eliminating Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles

Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement from Cena Swisher, Senior Director of Taxpayers for Common Sense on the proposed...

TCS Statement on the Dwindling Federal Budget Surplus

Washington, D.C. - Statement by Keith Ashdown, Communications Director at Taxpayers for Common Sense on the Dwindling Federal Budget...

TCS Commends F-22 Cuts

Washington, DC – The House of Representatives voted today to deny the Air Force money to purchase six costly and unproven F-22 fighters....

Agriculture Appropriations Bill Reaches Too Deep

Washington, DC – The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on an appropriations bill today that is riddled with unnecessary...

Welfare for Waste

How Federal Taxpayers Subsidies Waste Resources and Discourage Recycling...

Budget of the Living Dead

How 13 Budget Zombies Are Devouring Your Tax Dollars...

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters...